Rivers run wide
           lifeblood of all beings

rivers run wide
           through towns and cities
                             through farmland
                                            and deserts

Rivers run wide
           life-blood of all beings                  
                      at times surging, overflowing
                    
                     dry season shrinking,        
                         only a promise, but still there

till rainy season when again
                                   river returns

                  
Rivers run wide                      
                  lifeblood of all beings                    
                             at times frozen solid

celebrated when spring thaw arrives
                                          bringing together
                                                       a whole town
rivers run wide    
                   through jungles and forests
                                        through plains and
                                                          mountains               

rivers meet rivers
                 rivers meet sea
                            rivers meet sky

rivers run wide.